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“ Narrow Gauge Railways of World War One “  -   Phil Robinson  ZOOM Narrow Gauge Railways of World War One The story of the light railways used in WW1 does not start in 1914, it starts with the inception of railways in Europe, and its seeds were in the Franco Prussian war of 1870-71 in which France saw the loss of the provinces of Alsace and Lorr…

17/4 – “ Propaganda & Reportage “  -  MIKE COYLE  - “ ZOOM The way that the war was reported, the people, the events, the facts, censorship, political control and more especially the way that reported stories were received at home, were not just for immediate consumption, they laid down the basis for social and historical research. Yet, how we…

"BRAVEST LITTLE STREET IN ENGLAND – Carole Evans ??  ZOOM   The Bravest Little Street in England; bringing a town back its memory. “The passing of time which makes memory possible and necessary is also what makes memory fade and die” (Batchen). If this quote by Batchen is true, how, then, do we create a memory 100 years after the event? This pa…